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THE STUDY OF CRIMINOLOGY LEADS TO MURDER -- The discovery of the body of criminology student who was raped and murdered leads Detectives Stabler (Christopher Meloni) and Benson (Mariska Hargitay) on the trail of rapist with an expert knowledge of forensics. However, when the victim's advisor turns out to be an ex-con whom Captain Cragen (Dann Florek) arrested as a teenager for murder and sexual assault, the squad focuses their investigation on this convicted killer. Richard Belzer, Ice-T and Diane Neal also star.